A few years ago, there was research into nano ink tattoos that can continuously monitor glucose, but I haven't heard any recent news.
Introducing our smart contact lens project (for diabetics)
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Re: Introducing our smart contact lens project (for diabetics)
#82Earlier quoted context omitted.
I've experimented with multiple CGMs and have been plagued with severe accuracy issues. I know this isn't the case for all people, but I found myself constantly recalibrating the CGM only to be given readings that were — no joke — 100% different than the "normal" meter's. I'm talking CGMs giving "30" or "300" when my trusted tester claimed "150." I was careful w/ calibrations, tried for months, spoke w/ people at the…
Switch to a ketogenic diet.
Appreciate you trying to share info, but this does not come close to fully solving the problems listed above.
Re: Introducing our smart contact lens project (for diabetics)
#83Earlier quoted context omitted.
This has very little to do with MSFT research. Microsoft collaborated with Parviz's research at University of Washington. He wasn't a MSFT engineer. He was a Professor at UW before he left for Google. His affiliation with Microsoft, and Microsoft's contribution, seems minimal.
That's not what Babak said according to this pdf. http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/collaboration/stories/nu... >Tan and Microsoft Research Connections have been great supporters of the project, Parviz said. Their willingness to explore and invest in the project was critical to advancing research and development of the functional lens. “A lot of people considered it science fiction,” Parviz says. “Desney and Micros…
By no means did I mean financial contribution, but the design and implementation of the project which seems to have been established by Parviz since at least 2009: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2009/09/ar-contact-lens/
Re: Introducing our smart contact lens project (for diabetics)
#84At first, I thought this could be quite intrusive. I mean, you're putting something in your eye! It's the same discussion as the biometry authentication systems (retina scanning, saliva, etc).
But then I realized: the alternative is to put a piece of hardware under your skin! It will be embeded in you "forever" and can only be removed via surgical procedures...
These contact lens, if ever available, will in fact revolutionize the diabetes scene and may open precedent to new "wearable" technologies targeting health.
Re: Introducing our smart contact lens project (for diabetics)
#85Am I the only one that thinks Google[x] is just the arm of google that looks for far future intellectual property to patent and never really produces usable tech? Please correct me if I'm wrong.
You are wrong. They spin off the tech that they do want to commercialize. E.g., Brain use to be part of X, but now it's its own group. Same with Glass.
Re: Introducing our smart contact lens project (for diabetics)
#86All diabetics really would appreciate this innovation - my grandmother was delighted to hear it.
Re: Introducing our smart contact lens project (for diabetics)
#87Earlier quoted context omitted.
Switch to a ketogenic diet.
I'm going to go ahead and down vote you here as well. I'm a type one diabetic on a ketogenic diet. Continuous glucose monitoring is still extremely valuable to my health.
Is this to say though that the diet is not a good idea?
Re: Introducing our smart contact lens project (for diabetics)
#88Earlier quoted context omitted.
Switch to a ketogenic diet.
I understand that you are trying to be helpful, but it came off as completely insensitive, FYI.
Sometimes statements are statements. People needlessly attach emotion to the written word when there is no need.
Happens millions of times a day on email...
Re: Introducing our smart contact lens project (for diabetics)
#89Earlier quoted context omitted.
You may be interested to know that Bayer's Contour USB allows you to pull the information off in an SQLite DB http://www.bayerdiabetes.co.uk/sections/products-for-my-diab...
Almost all meters allow you to extract data over USB, but the data usually comes out in an obfuscated proprietary format. Do you know which format this exports to? Scott Hanselman had a blog post about this a few years ago (can't seem to find the link). IMO, every meter should be required to export to CSV at a bare minimum. I will look into the one you linked, but for most users, they really need something that can b…
Decent analytics exist (disclosure: I am web lead for a company [1] in precisely this device space) but some problems we are facing are situations like the following:
Device manufacturers hiding the ability to decrypt their (proprietary binary blob) file format in the same DLL as their driver, forcing us to install it on the end user's machine, and refusing to release the source code to us either so we could verify it was thread safe and run it on the server or possibly use Emscripten/asm.js on it to be able to package it cross platform in the browser.
In addition a plurality of our userbase is on IE 8 and below. I don't even want to think about their XP situation.
That being said, we have a good start at excellent analytics capability. Feel free to shoot me an email (HN handle at gmail) if you're a device manufacturer, clinician, patient, Scott Hanselman (we're in Portland too! And we use .NET!), or just plain doggone interested in the space or just working on the problem.
[1] http://www.diabetespartner.com. Any feedback on the design is of course welcome. We do in fact support the Bayer Contour mentioned above.
Re: Introducing our smart contact lens project (for diabetics)
#90Jeez, Google really has no limits on how much data about you they want